
Yemen's Houthis attacked Aden International Airport with ballistic missiles and drones, while simultaneously reporting attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia.
AI-generated summary
Yemen's Houthis struck Aden airport as fighting escalated following the launch of a coalition-backed government offensive.
Early Wednesday, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched a missile attack on Aden International Airport using ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones, Yemen's Ministry of Transport said.
In a statement published in X, the ministry called the incident "a heinous attack that put the lives of passengers, staff and crew in real danger."
According to preliminary data, there are no casualties, the statement said.
One of the rockets landed near the airport's runway minutes before the flight from Cairo was scheduled to land, the ministry said. Authorities canceled the landing and diverted the plane to Jeddah, and two planes on the runway were evacuated from the area due to fears of further strikes. There have been no comments from the Houthis yet.
Aden International Airport is the main international transport hub for those areas of Yemen that are not under Houthi control.
The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognized government said it had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile north of Riyadh. The coalition said it was tracking the launcher over Houthi-controlled Sanaa and intended to destroy it, but did not give details of casualties or damage.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari said the group carried out attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh using multiple drones. The Saudi side has not yet confirmed the attack on the airport.
The attacks come as fighting escalates on multiple fronts in Yemen after Saudi-backed government forces launched a counteroffensive against the Houthis, who have conquered new territory along the Red Sea coast in recent weeks.
Yemeni government forces, backed by air support from the Saudi-led coalition, launched an offensive this week to retake control of the Red Sea coast near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait and the town of Moka, pushing the Houthis out of areas they captured last month.
Earlier, the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards the southwestern Saudi town of Khamis Mushait.
In a separate statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sari said the Houthis attacked Abha International Airport and the Khamis Mushait air base using ballistic missiles and drones. It is not yet clear whether this is related to the missile, which the coalition said was intercepted near Khamis Mushait. Saudi authorities have not yet confirmed the attack on Abha airport.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Continuation of strikes and counter-offensives by government forces in the Red Sea area
Likely · Within weeks

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